Willits man accused of molesting 11-year old Ukiah girl he met on Facebook

A Willits man was arrested Thursday for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old Ukiah girl he met on Facebook, the Ukiah Police Department reported.

According to UPD Capt. Trent Taylor, a parent of the victim reported the relationship to law enforcement two weeks ago and detectives began investigating.

The victim reported that she met Jose Alfredo Arellano-Sanchez, 19, of Willits, on the social media website Facebook, and that the two had been having sexual relations for at least the past four months.

On Wednesday, detectives learned the suspect's identity and that he would be coming to Ukiah Thursday morning to give the victim a pregnancy test he bought for her. Taylor could not comment on whether the victim was pregnant or not.

When Arellano-Sanchez arrived in Ukiah, he was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14 and of ongoing sexual abuse of a child.

He was booked into Mendocino County Jail under $200,000 bail.

Taylor advised parents that Facebook and other social media sites "give people who prey on young people an opportunity to interact with them," and urged all users to be cautious.